ECON641

Microeconomic Analysis

Restriction: Must be in M.Prof.Studies: Applied Economics program; or permission of BSOS-Economics department. Credit only granted for: ECON641 or ECON506. Formerly: ECON506. Microeconomic analysis applied to public policy problems with an emphasis on practical examples and how they illustrate microeconomic theories. Policy issues such as pollution, welfare and income distribution, market design, industry regulation, price controls, tax policy and health insurance are practical examples used to illustrate the abstract principles of microeconomics. Must be in Applied Economics-WDC Program; for permission to enroll, contact oes@umd.edu. Click here for more course information.

Spring 2026

Aaron Finkle

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Fall 2025

Aaron Finkle

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Wonjun Chang

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Filipe Lage de Sousa

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Alvaro Morales

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Spring 2025

Aaron Finkle

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Sandra Hoffman

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Anthony Barkume

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Include P/F semesters During the Spring 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters, students could choose to take some of their courses pass-fail mid-semester which skews grade data aggregated across multiple semesters.

Average GPA of 2.77 between 768 students*

A-: 13.15%

A: 15.76%

A+: 5.34%

B-: 7.55%

B: 15.76%

B+: 20.96%

C-: 0.26%

C: 0.91%

C+: 1.17%

D: 0.13%

D+: 0.13%

F: 0.65%

W: 17.71%

other: 0.52%

* "W"s are considered to be 0.0 quality points. "Other" grades are not factored into GPA calculation. Grade data not guaranteed to be correct.